The Cartographers’ Guild is a forum created by and for map makers and aficionados, a place where every aspect of cartography can be admired, examined, learned, and discussed. Our membership consists of professional designers and artists, hobbyists, and amateurs—all are welcome to join and participate in the quest for cartographic skill and knowledge.

Although we specialize in maps of fictional realms, as commonly used in both novels and games (both tabletop and role-playing), many Guild members are also proficient in historical and contemporary maps. Likewise, we specialize in computer-assisted cartography (such as with GIMP, Adobe apps, Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, etc.), although many members here also have interest in maps drafted by hand.

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Introductions

Hello all,
I am a new member to your site, signed up just a few days ago. I have always loved making maps though I had formerly stuck to hand drawing them on poster board. I am fully intent on learning the tricks of the trade, shall we say, of mapping with software. I use my maps for my sporadic D&D campaign that I have been DMing for 12 years and hope to, at some point in the future, submit my world as a campaign setting to Wizards of the Coast. I appreciate the warm welcome I have already received from several of you and I hope to learn as much as possible from your expertise to take my maps into the realm of professionalism that your maps here display. Thank you again for your help and I hope to become an active member of this community.

Welcome (again) I too have a long (30 years) running campaign setting that I have been writing and playing in. I discovered this wonderful site when I decided it was time to hang up the poster board and make some attractive maps of my Kingdom of Shendenflar setting. I've already enjoyed some of your work and am looking forward to seeing more.

I am the breath of Dragons...The Song of Mountains...The Stories of Rivers....The Heart of Cities.... I am A Cartographer....

Wow BISHD and JT, and here I thought my 8 year long campaign setting had a pretty venerable career but it's still in pampers in comparison. At any rate BISHDP, I must say that that is quite ambitious of you, and I wish you all the best in getting your setting published with WoTC. Look forward of seeing your work here progress as well.